Toshiko Takeya

Toshiko Takeya (Japanese竹谷 とし子, Takeya Toshiko, married Kikuchi (菊 地), born September 30, 1969 in Shibetsu, Hokkaidō ) is a Japanese politician of the Kōmeitō and since 2010 one of the ten representatives of the Tokyo prefecture in Sangiin, the upper house of the national Parliament.

Takeya studied after completion of the connected high school at the Faculty of Economics, Soka University. There they acquired the qualification as Konin kaikeishi, a certified public accountant. After graduating in 1992, she worked for Tomatsu, then from 1996 for Abeam Consulting KK, for which she was also several times abroad, including in development projects in Southeast Asia, are used.

In the 2010 election Sangiin Takeya moved into politics and took over the Kōmeitō candidacy in Tokyo by Yuji Sawa, who retired for reasons of age. She received over 800 thousand votes, reaching the second place behind Renho Murata (DPJ ). In her first term she is a member of the Committee on Fiscal Policy and the Rules Committee.